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Oscar winners-turned-TV stars

The small screen is getting bigger all the time. Adrien Brody, starring in History's 'Houdini' (Monday and Tuesday, 9 ET/PT), won an Oscar in 2002 for his role as a musician and concentration-camp survivor in 'The Pianist.' But he's only the latest winner to cross over to television.

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Oscar winners-turned-TV stars

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The small screen is getting bigger all the time. Adrien Brody, starring in History's 'Houdini' (Monday and Tuesday, 9 ET/PT), won an Oscar for his role as a musician and concentration-camp survivor in 2002's 'The Pianist.' But he's only the latest winner to cross over to television.
Colin Hutton History

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Matthew McConaughey | Oscar-winning project: McConaughey, who swore off lightweight rom-coms in favor of meatier roles, won best actor in March for his role as an enterprising AIDS patient in the 1980s-set 'Dallas Buyers Club.'
Anne Marie Fox, Focus Features

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Octavia Spencer | Oscar-winning project: After toiling for years in the background of TV shows and movies, Spencer broke out playing Minny the maid in 2011's 'The Help.'
Dale Robinette, Disney DreamWorks II

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Octavia Spencer | TV project: Spencer showed no reluctance to return to the small screen, signing up for a recurring role on CBS' 'Mom' and,starring in Fox's pediatric hospital dramedy 'Red Band Society' (Sept. 17, 9 ET/PT).
Annette Brown, Fox

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Halle Berry | Oscar-winning project: Berry became the first African-American to win best actress for 2001's 'Monster's Ball,' playing a woman who falls for the prison warden (Billy Bob Thornton) who oversaw her husband's execution. (Thornton, who has a screenwriting Oscar, also gave TV a shot this year as the Emmy-nominated star of FX's 'Fargo.')
Jeanne Louise Bulliard, Lions Gate Films

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Anna Paquin | Oscar-winning project: People sometimes forget Paquin has a little gold man on her shelf, because she was just 11 when she won best supporting actress for playing the daughter of a mute musician (Holly Hunter) in 1993's 'The Piano.'
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The small screen is getting bigger all the time. Adrien Brody, starring in History's 'Houdini' (Monday and Tuesday, 9 ET/PT), won an Oscar for his role as a musician and concentration-camp survivor in 2002's 'The Pianist.' But he's only the latest winner to cross over to television.